US flying surveillance over Syria – Report

The US military is flying surveillance missions over Syria, US media report.

The missions aim to analyze targets for potential airstrikes against Islamic State militants, unnamed US officials tell NBC News.

The White House declines to comment on the reports, but says the US will use “all the tools at our disposal.”

“While the president has not made a decision to take additional military actions at this time, we don’t restrict our options by geographic boundaries when it comes to the central mission of protecting our people,” National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden tells dpa.

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